GAEA, Plant Services working to improve recycling on campus by Tom Sico Associate Editor Recycling on campus became a hot issue late last school year when the Global Awareness of Environ mental Affairs (GAEA) group hosted a campus-wide meeting on the issue. Students and faculty discussed ideas and options for recycling with mem bers o f a panel from educational and industry organizations, and GAEA presented a program it developed to the community. Some strides have been made since this meeting, most notably at the end of last school year with an increased number of bins for magazine and newspaper removal, but plans are progressing slowly while plant services researches its options. • What is being done now WPI is doing some recycling now of various materials. Currently, most of the heavy paperwork areas on cam pus have recycling bins for ‘office m ix’ paper - blueprint, NCR/FAX, manila envelopes, white ledger, plain
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away rather than trying to do it your white, colored, coated, printed white there is a large usage demand, more may be added. ledger, copy, and laser printer paper. self. This does NOT include coffee cups, Bins are put out for collection of • What happens to the material paper plates, plastic covered/coated phone books in the spring when O urrecycling bins are rented from NYNEX sends out the most recent paper, newsprint/magazines, tissues/ W aste M anagem ent System s, our napkins, brown kraft bags, windowed edition. Tarmasewicz notes that we have been recycling nearly four tons envelopes (unless the window m ate garbage removal service. Each of rial is removed), carbon paper, and fice mix paper bin costs $1.00 per of phone books a year since the pro bindings. month, and each of the news Paul Tarmasewicz, the p a p e r/m ag a zin e bin s are $5.00 per month. These bins A dm inistrative S ervices “ II*' recycle a b o u t 5000 p o u n d s o f Ip a p er I a are placed around campus M anager for W PI’s Plant m o n th a n d th a t's a bout 2 5 r/c o f w h a t's o u t for use, and are em ptied Services, says that “ We th e r e ." when Plant Services is noti recycle about 5000 pounds -P a u l Tarm asew icz, fied they arc full, rather than o f [paper] a month and A d m in istra tive Services M a n a g er that’s about 25% o f w hat’s on a set schedule. The mate out there.” There is cur rial is then taken away by rently no residence hall Waste Management to a sort portion of this program, ac ing facility where it is sepa gram was begun. cording to Tarmasewicz, because of rated and sent on to those companies that reprocess it. In addition to this paper-type re the lack of a method to secure collec tion receptacles from vandalism. cycling, WPI also currently recycles Newspaper and magazine bins are • G AEA’s proposal meets com scrap metal in a bin behind the cam plications pus police station on Dean Street. located in Gordon Library and the The proposal GAEA presented last Anyone can put any type of metal basement o f Boynton Hall. Two bins were also placed in each of spring included making bins avail here to be removed, though Plant Fuller Labs and the Wedge area last able for students to use for glass, Services asks that if there are larger paper, plastic, and aluminum. These week. Faculty and students are en pieces that you would like removed, couraged to use these bins, and if bins would be collected once a week contact them to have the scrap hauled
and taken to a facility where volun teers would separate the material and arrange for it lo be transported lo the proper reprocessing facilities, much like the program currently in place at Clark University. The hope was that a vendor could be found who would pay for the recycled goods, making the program somewhat self-supporting. Snags were hit at two points in this plan - the building and the work ers. Plant Services felt they had a suitable warehouse for the project, but il was sold this summer by WPI, leaving no place for the separation part of the plan to happen right now. Additionally, in talks with former president Jon Strauss, GAEA was told that if the program looked to be working, some work study money would be made available to hire people to do the work. It was learned this summer, however, that to do so would be in violation of federal non competition laws, by allowing com petition for work with the union here. So for now, GAEA is focusing on See Recycling continued on page 2
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
N e w sp e,a k
Tuesday, November /, 1994
Volume Twenty-two Number Twenty-three
Eight undergraduates named Rutman Scholars for 1994-1995 courtesy o f WPI News Service Eight Worcester Polytechnic Insti tute undergraduates have been named Rutman Scholars for the 1994-95 aca demic year. This year’s scholarship recipients are Karen Goodell of York, Maine, Jeffrey Spaleta of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jennifer Yambert of Evanston, Illinois; Teri Lee Burrows of Hillsboro. New Hampshire; Erik Alldredge of Carson City, Nevada; Mark Suennen of Coventry, Rhode Island; Jay Scott Rine of Wheeling, West Virginia; and Rebecca Kiluk of Tilton, New Hampshire. Three of the students are receiving the Rutman Scholarships for the first time, five are past recipients. Goodell, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Trenor Goodell of York, is receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the first time. A graduate of York
High School, Goodell is a junior ma joring in chemical engineering. She is the vice president of membership de velopment for Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, a member of Masque (W PI’s theatrical group), and stage manager for the Women’s Chorale. In addition, she is a Charles O. Thompson Scholar, a recipient of the SKULL Outstanding Freshman Award, and a member of the Society of Women Engineers. She recently finished her Humanities Suf ficiency on the subjection of women in 17th century England. Spaleta, also a first-time recipient of the Rutman Scholarship, is the son of Sharon Spaleta of Charlotte. A graduate of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Spaleta is a sophomore at WPI majoring in phys ics and mathematics. He is involved with the Glee Club and the Math Club, and is a cheerleader, a MASH leader.
a Peer Education Team publicist and an alumni liaison. Spaleta plans to attend graduate school and will pursue a career in space and astronomical physics. Yambert, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the first time. A graduate o f Evanston Township High School. Yambert is a sophomore al WPI double majoring in civil engi neering and social science and tech nology. She is a Gertrude R. Rugg Award recipient (outstanding Fresh man Woman scholar) and a Charles O. Thompson Scholar. She is also a mem ber of the Society of Women Engi neers and th e P re-law S o ciety . Y ambert is also involved with the crew rowing team, Masque, Newspeak, and the GAEA (Global Awareness of En vironmental Affairs). She recently finished her Humanities Sufficiency
entitled “France’s Black Soil,” which looks at the relations between the French and Black Africans from the days of Colonialism to the present day, with a special focus on the prob lem of racism in France. She plans to study Civil Rights Law after gradua tion. Burrows, who is receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the second time, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burrows of Hillsboro. A graduate of Hillsboro-Deering High School, Burrows is a junior at WPI majoring in mechanical engineering with biomedical interests. She is a football and basketball cheerleader, a member of the Pance Club, a member o f the Society of Women Engineers, and a MASH (Math and Science Help) leader for chemistry. In addition, she is a Charles O. Thompson Scholar and
a two-time recipient of the Outstand ing Woman Award for the Class of ‘96. Burrows recently completed her Humanities Sufficiency entitled “Humanitarianism or Murder,” which deals with the medical ethics of assisted suicide as well as her Interactive Quali fying Project en titled “ How the Worcester County Mechanics’ Asso ciation Brought Knowledge to the City of Worcester.” She plans to get her master’s degree in biomedical engi neering, and will pursue a career in that field after graduation. Alldredge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Alldredge of Carson City, is also receiving the Rutman Scholarship for the second time. He is a junior major ing in physics at WPI. He is president of the Society of Physics students and a member of the Tau Beta Pi and See Rutman continued on page 2
Young Alumni Director to leave by A l Doig and Steve Hebert Lisa Hastings will be leaving WPI on November 18th to accept the po sition of developm ent o fficer at Harvard University’s Arnold A rbo retum. While we are happy for Lisa, we will miss her professional leader ship, wit, enthusiasm and energy and it will be difficult to replace her. She has been conspicuous with her many successes over the years with us. Lisa came to WPI in 1989 as Assis tant Alumni Director and quickly was promoted to Associate Director and later to Director of Young Alumni Pro grams. This record of promotion not only reflects outstanding professional growth, but also a willingness and de sire on Lisa’s part to take on new chal lenges and to develop and implement new initiatives. She has been a team player and has been extremely well received by alumni, students, and her colleagues here at WPI. During her tenure here, she has revived the Student Alumni Society and helped to create new
traditions by working with students and alumni volunteers. Traditions Day, a dynamic new homecoming program and W orcester C ounty’s annual community service project are just a few examples o f her inno vative approach to alumni program ming. On the Alumni Fund side, Lisa has been responsible for all young alumni fund-raising including help ing to organize the GOLD Council and managing successful 10th re union gift programs for the classes of 1984. 1983. 1982 and 1981. She has also taken our student calling program from a 3 week experiment to a 15 week program which devel ops over 50% of the annual pledges made to the Alumni Fund. A search for Lisa’s successor will begin immediately. In the interim, we are committed to supporting the programs Lisa has worked so hard to develop over the last five years. Please join us in wishing Lisa all the best as she starts a new chapter in her life.
SGA Candidates'
Letters See page 9
The soccer team was in action last Friday night versus Clark University at Alumni Field.
Table of Contents N e w s......................................................................................2, 14 Sports....................................................................................... 3, 7 Arts & Entertainm ent............................................................... 5 tetters to the E ditor...................................................................8 Commentary.........................................................................8, 14 Student Government Association............................................ 9
Club C o rn er..............................................................................10 Greek C orner............................................................................11 A nnouncem ents....................................................................... 13 Newspeak H u m o r....................................................................14 C lassifieds.................................................................................15 Police L o g .................................................................................16 J